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Install and boot Arch Linux ARM with Raspberry Pi

Coold Distribution, Arch Linux for ARM Device!

1. System Architecture

The Raspberry Pi is an ARM-based device and therefore needs binaries compiled for this architecture. These binaries are provided by the Arch Linux ARM project which ports Arch Linux to ARM-based devices. They also have a separate community and forum on their website, while original forum does not support ARM specific issues. With the introduction of the Raspberry Pi 2 the packages needed now depend on which architecture the devices has:

ARMv6 (BCM2835): Raspberry Pi Model A, A+, B, B+, Zero

ARMv7 (BCM2836): Raspberry Pi 2 (based on Model B+)

ARMv8 (BCM2837): Raspberry Pi 3

I use Arch Linux ARMv6 Image for Raspberry Pi Model B+ by Linux Mint as main PC